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THE FAMILY CIRCLE. Wlf UdiMrf MT ItuektU .should Slid) U k lidv ufr. leutifiL MCALTH, KITCHEN AND FASHION NOTES. (Compiled by AUDI Kate.) I have don* nothing to-day bat keep straight in tbe boa**," you y rily at the clime of it. Do you civil that nothing? Nothing thM your obildnu are healthy and happy, and aeoured from evil influence ' Nothing that n*atue*s and thrift, aud wholaaome food follow tbe touch of your nnger-lips? Nothing tuat beauty plao* of unliuBBB meeU the eye of the aheertul little on**, in the plants at yoor window, in the picture on Uie wall ? alothinx that home to tham mean* borne, and will always do ao to the end of life, what vicissitudes soever that may involve ? Oh, careworn mother, U all this nothing? U it nothing that over against your iome- tuue mistake* and aomelim* disoonrage- enln iball be written, " She bath done what the could T " Hruuli . OmtJ. One of the first datiee of a woman ia t* always look an pretty ae poasiole. It gote without *aying that wives, ssotben and maidens *haJI be good-tem- pered, skilled iu housewifery, true hearted and kindly tempered. Leaving the greater matter* of the un- written laws ol hie, however, among the minor one* ie that wbiob makee it an in- tinot with beauty to adorn henelf . And, what ii more, woman ought no ore to neglect trying to look pretty to the end of hr day* than ehe ought to forget to do her duty . A bit. of ribbon here, a touch of color there, charm the faoe and figure, nbapoly bandi and pretty feet, comely waist and enpple neok ; here, there aud everywhere about beauty '* penon, from the curve of the dainty little pick ear to the slope of the shoulder* aud the carriage of the person, there u one manifest voice to be beard " I am trying to look my beat." Who doea not know tbe dear old grand- Booiher, whose sweet, wrinkled taoe, clean cap, clean dram and lavnuder-seented laoe collar carry one baok to childhood's day* T There are years there, aud the experience of trouble, tbe sadneee of loeaea, memoriee el bridals and of graves, and a rapid approach to those silent churchyard gatee to wbiob we must all walk whether we will or not. Bui grandmother is pretty still, and will always be pretty till tbe while bandn are eiaiped over tb* quiet breast, and she go** home to those who went home before A worn an, DO matter how poor she is, and bow deep tbe oares of family, ought to lake moie and more pain* witb her dree* a* time roll* on. A young girl may wear almost anything. A matron, however, who has loet the first plump charm and k*d*finabl* beauty of youth ba* to be oar*- B rejiaf. oi taw Hni.r. The human pule* ha* ra>tb*r a wide range, bat the general average ba* been fat oout a* follow* : At birth, 140 ; at two yean, 100 , at from 16 to 19 year*. 80 ; at manhood, 75 ; old age, 60. There are, however, great variations consistent with health. Napoleon'* poise i* said to have keen only 44 in tbe minute. A ease i* alao related of a healthy man of *7 whose pulse wa seldom over 30 during the laat two yean of hi* life, and 'omelimee not over 36. Another man of 87 yean of age enjoyed good health and spnite with a pulse of 8tf, ad there it alao on record tbe carious instance "' * man wrJbea pulse in health we* never more than 45, and to be oonsis- tent in his inoojisisteuoy, when he had lever hi* pulse fell to 40, loeteed of ruing, Mi* usual. Health buttered dish. It may b* flavored witb almond, lemon or ginger, and will take twenty minute* to boil. Pudding mad* ot oraoked wheat i* very agreeable and nourishing. To one quart ol weet milk allow nearly half a cupful of cracked wheat ; put it in a podding dish and bake slowly for two boon, stirring it several times. If yoo choose to do so you can add raisin* and a little cinnamon for flavoring, bat moet people prefer it well ailed, and to eat it with a little cream sasar. This i* nice, both warm and cold. K x.hl.o.blr M rlaalr. nd Olkrr NeSBB. Bagged-edged note paper mull a favorite among English ladle*. Sabl* is the mo*t tatbionabl* fur in Eng- land among those wbo can afford it. High heels an no longer worn on evening shoes, but are still used upon day boots. In India ,183,000 femal** are *ng*ged in industrial occupations. Women compose th* principal part of tbe California Silk Culture Association. Tbe best dre**mak*r* no longer pot puffed wawtooaU or Holier* front* on corsage*. Frill* of laoe down tbe front of the cor sag* are considered more elegant than button*. Plain or flue striped ilk floss hose are most faabiouabl* tor both day and evening wear. BANftlBBB IN Mil Bxeesaivc B-.UU.o I .KK*r CIT IBs) OK INBIa. Evening dresses with pointed waist* and V neok* are a* becoming as they are fashionable. Th* lest underclothing worn the better the fit ot the dress, hence flannel under- clothing, being light, though, warm, is better, even though it i* not BO ornamen- tal a* the furry pique wbiob the French prefer. Tbe ladies of Greenville, B. 0., will build a monument to th* Confederate dead of that county. " You have lovely teeth, Ethel." "Yes, George," she fondly lisped ; " they were a Cbriatma* present from Aunt Grace." Fichus, jabots and soarts an worn with bouse dress**. They are attached to nar- row velvet dog collars. The noon bow, knot of (lowers, or narrow lao*-pin is worn at one side ot th* neck by very young ladies. Tbe crape finished border i* a striking novelty in mooning note paper, th* iu/ita tiou being wonderful. Tbe evening cloak par excellence is of oasbmara, lined witb plush, and having a crap* hood trimmed with laoe. Pretty Parisian capote* an mad* of velvet applique on colored laoe, with a bunch of velvet flowers on one side. The small muff of velvet, lace, plush- tor, and even cloth matching the capote in khade and material, i* tb* latest fancy For street wear aom* of th* Parisian milliner* have brought out exquisite little Fanehon like bonn*teof gray Swedish kid. Th* new and lovely little theatre bon- net*) of black velvet aod whit* tulle, embroidered with pearls, an won without string*. Uapoto* for evening wear are mad* of white crepe, edged with silver laoe or braid, and trnjujed with whit* marabout tea then. The high Gr*ek ooiffor*. with several fillet* encircling the head, take*) th* place with Parisian* of the small coil in theuape ot the neok. Tbe Empress ot Rnasia recently ordered a cloak of sabl* for, trimmed with gold and enriched with preciooa stones. Tb* whole to cost I-.IUKJ. A lawyer, attempting to browbeat a femal* witness, told her ibe bad bras* enough to mak* a saucepan. Tb* woman retorted, " And you hav* sauoe *nougb to fill it." II .. Idn I k* I>.nr |a IB), U . . A Leomineter farmer recently broke bis home uf a " balky " freak in a very quiet Traulesicv te -rr Jllmi-i D|.r.r- On* of the practices moet energetically relied on in the higher class of girls' i onooU, says Ibs Popular Setnet Monthly, is that of tbe oumpoliuon of cue scholar with another. Inaomcof tbeiu tbisoompeti tiou is to rifle. It eittnd* to every subject ; it become* so keen a* to put eacb girl wbo in in th* foremost rank in a fever-beat of emulation before the examination*. In some oaaee It overmaster! every other feel- ing for the urns being No doubi. frou- tbe schoolmaster'* point of view, it i* Us very thing be wauls. In hia professional enthusiasm be aim* at the highest mental result. He U not professionally interested iu tbe health or the special nervous con- stitution of his girl* ; be dooe not regard them as each one a medico-psychological entity and problem. 1 don't say this by way of reprusob. All good men try to attalu the bigbeet result in their special depart- ment*. The educator has LO means of know ing the constitution and berediur> weakness of hi* girl* tbat tbe mother ft one died of consumption, that tbe father of another waa ineane, that neuralgia ia hereditary in the family of a third, that one has been nervous, another hadj convulsions when a baby, another bad been threatened with water in tbe bead, etc. Hi* own education and training have not taught him to notice or know the meaning of narrow cheat* or great tbiunese, or stooping shoulders, or very big beads, or quick, jerky movements or dilated pnpilr, or want of appetite, or headaches, ur irritability, or backaches, or disinclina- tion to bodily exertion But all these things exist in abundance in ever} big aohool, and the girl* handicapped in that way are eel into competition with those wbo are strong and free from risks. It is tbe moet nervoas, excitable and highly strung girl* wbo throw themselves into tb* aobool competition most keenly. Aud they, of course, are just the most liable to be injured by it. All good observers say the intensity of feeling displayed in girls' com- petition* U greater than among lads, and tbat there is far more apt to arise a per- onal animus Girl* don't take a beating so quietly as boy*. Their moral oonstitn liou, while in sum* ways stronger than that of boys, especially at that age, suffers more from any disturbing eaoae. The whole thing takes greater hold of them i* more real. Hands ! n,-'iu jr I hat awl I im Tbe English us beginning in a vague way to realize the magnitude of ludis, and to comprehend that it contains some 50,000,000 more people than all Europe weal of the Vistula. Few, however, are quite awre of the number ef its cities, oi believe that it looludee sixty two witb more than 50,000 people, and twenty-two with more than 100.000, namely : Bombay, Calcutta, Madras, Hyderabad, Lock- now, Biiiares, Delhi, Patna, Agra. Bangalore, t'mniaur, Cawnpore, Lahore, Allahabad, Jeypore, Rangoon, Poona, Abuiedabed. Barailly, Snral.riowra and lUrroda. We give them in order of population , but properly speaking, in the English way of eonntag, Howra, the South wark of Calcutta, should be included in tbe capital, which with it Ountains about 866.000 seals, and it is tb* greatest, a* it u by far tb* wealthiest, city in tbe Empire Be low the Unit ot 50,000 tbe tuwni become mob more numerous, aud then are buudredi with populations above 30 000. Tbe majority of the latter are quite unknown to Europeans, an active ritime or two exoepted, and, to far a* we ate aware, thero I* no book in English wbiob give* tbe slightest account of their organization, or ot tbe life and people in them Yet many of them have hiatorisn of a.OOO yean, and in all flonrub familie* which think lbea.eelvm noble, and have long pedigrees and etirnog tales to narrate We bbar every uuw and then mucb ol Indian priuoes who, in India, an hardly mentioned, and of " educated natives," a scarcely perceptible class, but of tbe trun " British lodis " an little i* known at home as of tbe eastern province* of Peru. Lon don Spectator. Don't go to bed with cold foot. Don't stand en b"t air register*. Don't lie on the left aid* too much. I ou't inhal* hot air or fames of any acid. Don't lie on your baok to keep from oring. Don't eat in lee* than two hour* after bathing. Don't eat the smallest moratl unless angry, if well. Don't -tart a toy'* work without eating a food breakfait. Don't take long walks when tbe stomach is *ntirely empty. Don't forget to take a drink of pure water before broakf ast Don't jump oat of bod immediately on awakening in the morning. Don't strain your eyes by reading on an ssjjitj stomach or when ill. Don't fill the gash with soot, sugar or aaythiug el** to arrest the hemorrhage when yon eat yourself, but bring tbe parte tegslhsr with strip* of adbeoiv* plaiter. BeasesmM Beetp. A Bootob haggi* U mad* of to* heart, tang* and liver ot a *h**)p, with *uet nion*. oatmeal. **Jt and peppw, all boiled in a ahoop'* itomaah. Turkey and oelery make a delicioun ialsl preferred by many to ebiok*n salad, especially modern " ebioken " aalad, which largely oompoood of veal. Kioh Plum Pudding. Mix well tb* fol- lowing ingredient*, and boil in plenty of water for four boon half pound each of our rant* and stoned raisin*, three Quarter of a pound of M*t, three ounces of floor, two one** of peel, six oanoe* of sugar, a Uttl* nutmeg, on* gill of water, on* ublespoouf ul of salt. " Married ladies " do not " torn down the eornen of tbeir visiting card* " anl*H there happen* to be s, *eoocd perwon in the hou** for whom a card should D* left (a danghter oat in aoeiety), and then on* card i* mad* to do tb* duty oi two by turning up one end ot it. Were tbe second ptnor in tb* house a lady of a certain ag, a t larried woman, or a friend only viaiting in tbe boose, two cards abould be left. To maks taffy, melt three ounce* of hotter in a small aaaoepaa over a clear An ; stir into It on* pound of brown sugar . keep stirring until it U don*, which can be ascertained by dropping a little into a cap of cold water, when, if it harden* and breaks between tbe teeth without sticking tt I* don*, and may be poured out into a freak in a and, a* be claim*, not a cruel manner. Hi* borne is in excellent flesh, and abews no sigus of neglect on the part of hi* master. He drove blm, attached to a rack waggon, to tbe wood lot for a small load of wood. The animal would not pull a pound. H* did not boat him with a dob, bat tied him to a tree and " let him stand." He went to the lot at sunset and asked him to draw, but he would not *traight*u a tog. " I mad* op my mind," said the farmer, " tbat when that horse want to tbe barn b* would take that load of wooi. The night was not cold. I went to the barn, got blankete and covered tbe bone warmly, and he stood until morning. Then be refused to draw. At noon I went down, and he was probably hungry and lonesome. He dnw tbat load of wood the tirst time I asked him. I returned and got another load before I fed him. I then nwarded him with a good dinner, which be eagerly devoured. I have drawn neveral loads ino*. Once b* rsfneed to draw, bat a* soon as he eaw me start for tbe boo**, be started after me with the load. A bon* becomes lonesome and discontented when left alone, a* mooh *o as a person, and I claim that thu mstbod, if rightly need, is far lens cruel, and u better for both boras and man, than te boat th* animal with a club."- HteMnrg S*MM<. Marrow TM'vre. Havens an amusing thieves, wbo steal for tbe pleasure of biding tbe stolen artioUa. An English gentleman, who owned a pet raven, cot down a rotten plum tree. It was found to hsve been hollow to the con, and tbe hollow was discovered to be a sort of ' robber's cave " for tb* use of tb* ravsn. Out ot this hollow was taken a baiketful of tbitgi tbe accumulation of mouth*) that had been stolen aud hidden away by tbe raven. Tbe board was uf a most miscellaneous character spooas, kmvss, thimblee, and pen* ; a pair of sotsv ors, a comb, a bundle of boot-lac**, a meenobaum pipe, two vesta boxes, etc. Leaving the thing* on tbe n round beside the fallen tree, we got a hold of Monsieur Oorvn* Corai and bud him down quickly betide these proofs of hirttsbooeety, won- d*riu what be would h*m to say to It. And th* rascal wa* quite equal to tb* oeca ton. H* straightway ae*ojn*d a* aspect and attituds of perfect mno oesoe and unconcern. With one eye Died upon oar face, b* **smed to inquire wbal it was all about, and to ask what in tbs world kf bad to do witb It. while with tb* other b* glanced at th* thing* spread upon tbe ground, witb many a merry blink and twinkle, that very mnmislakably indicated a lively recollection of the delixht erstwbile the atealing ot them afforded him. We bid ourselves. When b* found himself alone, the raven, looking keenly around, croaked twice a deep, gut- tural croak, and walked round and round th* disentombed article*, a* it admiring them. H* Mien took up a spoon in his bill. and carrying it with quick, decided step to the opposite side of tbs garden, hid it can - folly away under the broad leaves of gigantic rhubarb plant ; and this he did. and very quickly, witb evsrjr article of th* hoard. When be had finished the job, be Bssriats)*) New u. i . i .... A New York correspondent of the Hart ford Time i aay* : Among th* latest new idea* i* a glass) bath tub. The idea is not y*i quite perfected, but I am aaaured that it aooa will b*. Th* persons working it oui an confident that it will b* a grea uoo**. Tbs chief difficulty is that ol providing for expansion and contraction And this, it is said, is nearly overcome The mauufactur* of malleable glass u counted a* on* of the lo*t ru. but if wba is alleged a* to the -xperimente witb glas for bath-tub* b* *Ui uue, it will soon be recovered. Tb* proems of annealing glaw so that it may b* us*d for this purpose ani' many other* for which it baa uol bitb*rt< been available is the invention of Mr. (' W. McLean. Tbe Hydraulic and Sanitar Plumber " speak* ot it as OB* of tbe mo* beneficial di*oov*riee of the age." Prol I>onmu* *aji* " it* great sanitary value beyond .{ueMlon." If Klaas oan be uooes* tolly used in tbe manufacture of bath-tub* inctead of copper and uuo, tbsrc i* M reason why it ifaould not be available for sinks, tank*, wash-lobs, refrigsraton even for burial oaakat* aod alao lor vanoo building purpose*. In th* eass of articles used iu dwelling*, it would certainly hav tbe advantage of being a great leal clear* than copper aod lino receptacles now in us*. Puroelaio eosns* aext laelesjalia*** but it i* easily fractured, while the aunssl ed glaaa, it i* said, is a* strong and durb as steel. F.xtnmee of bea* and oold d not affect it, and, in fact, it* discovery I* the highest importance. Tbe plumber* are mooh interested in it, s* a matter of COUTH It looks improbable at first (lance tha gls** oau svsr be mad* to take the place > ordinary metal* in th* household o* on id*, but it would not do nowaday* tb SB that it is impoeeibie. by any means. Wbc knows but the Urn* is near wben *ven th glass bouses of BBS well-known mora axiom will be rabwtantial realltit* ? Ta* I - .IK. ria fall * Qarra Tln-rte. A few days before tbe departure of tb court for Osborne, Windsor Castle was visited by some mean* people deairons obtaining an audience with Her sfajesl under various pretexts One of thete louatioB was a colored penon. In the) mo* peculiar case the applicant averred that b* invented or discovered a luigoet capable ol allaying tb* moet violent norm. Be A . 41 I I Hfc > > II I t I. t Jew* Wfce> II a. r Never In ooe of tbe must remote and ecluded alley a in tbe mountain* of uorthem .lilee, sayi a ooriespoodeat cf tbe New ork .Sun. lies a village, th* smaHspupula- on of which posts* see an mtertm alto ether ULique. A* I looked down.upon it rona the prec pitoo* and dangeruu* path y meat* of wbien I wa* *kirting the flank i the mountain I thought I bad rarely seen a spot of such ideal beauty. It wae an oasia not > xaetly in a deeert, for th* rooky untain rang** were covered with wild bttge but m a savage wildeme** of eolation, in the tuidrt of wnioti tbe Til- age nettled in a forset of orange, almond, tig and pomegranate tree*, tbe tiny rill* of water by which they wen irrigated gin- ning like silver thread* in tbe snnligbt, and be ysllow crops beyond contrasting with tbe dull green of tbe hill verdure, long deprived of water, and th* gray rock* which reared their cm Rgy pinnacles abov* ' i. Tb* name of tbia village was Bokeia. bad heard vaguely of the existence of a pot iu Galilee where a oommouity of Jew* ived wbo claimed to be tbe detoendauta of smihes wbo had ulltd the land in this earn* locality prior to tbs destruction of eruHaJem and the subwqasni dispersion if tbe race ; and a* it bad never been >ua- woted that any remnant < f the nation had clung t3 th* *oil of their fatb*r* from Urn* mmemorial, aijd as u i- certain that thi* s tbe only remnant tbat has, I totk some rouble to ascertain tb name of tbe vil- ago, and felt that it w* wurib a pilgrimage/ <> vimt i Althoi.^L buberto unktown to iuropei and U orisu. it ha* been for many year* a sp> t QIUOO frtqueuted by tb* Jew* of Sated and Tiberias, and this summer, especially, when tbe cholera pa.iie irevailed in theountry, there was a per- ot rush of the wri>ltnier Jews and rabbis of ibex* towns to it pure air and bracing elimai*. In a small way it i, a sort of Irwuu sanitarium. 1 .u!l.k < .Id Mr J. V Bhantx write* from Emerson o the Berlin .NVr< : I arrived at Gretna, itoba on Pruy evsuing, Uth mst. Pravioui to that day it was soft and muddy on tbe itreeta, but that uoraiog there wa* a snow stunn, about four inches, and the mercury fell to a*ro on the 1'itb. and con mu*d going down at tbe following rate : On tie Ititb it wa* 18 , 17th. W . 18th, 36, and on the I'.'th it wa* 46 below zero. Bo you may know that I bad a tact* of Manitoba weather in winter. Still it was not bad to b* out. On tbs Itith I bad a sleigb ride baa* sleighing 18 mile* without *topping or suffering from cold. On th* 17th I Jr. .ve mil**, aod on tLs 19th was out and around in Grains, and walked two miles to a village in Dakota. I pasaed a lot of ear- pemten working in the o|n air. pulling up a tank houae. Next day, witb mercury at 46 below, they wen alao working there." >! Am rail. " What kind of a man t* h* ?" asked a gentleman about a young aocietv man. Oh, he mighty popalat with the wo- ' Is b* intelligent T" No, not particular. You see there i* not much demand for intelligence in *o- oiety " Does be dsnee ?" Ofoonne. " " Know what's going on in tbtatrioal*. music, etc?" ' Oteaaree. " " ^s/ail in everything. I presume." " Well, I don'i know whether be owe* Fay or not. but I know beowes about every uian ot my aoqnaintaoee. Wbo IB Fay f I '11 look him up and see if be don't owe him, too. I'll bet be does." uttered a famous exclamation of hi* when stated that be bad come from America and he imagined he had JOB* dons something that during a dreadful hurricane while on exceedingly clever and wa* perfectly satis- his voyage from there to England h* bad fled with himself-* oartoas combination succeeded iu (tilling tbe angry waves with of laogb, chnckl* aod oroak th*t ***med his wondsrful talisman. Tb* palace specially leeerved for snob occasions, authorities considerately offend to bow tbe poaaeasor of this treasure a place wb*r* he could display ita remarkable powen.aod sent him safsly back to Loudon. Ooe of the lunatic*, whoae appearance led tbe cantle custodians to napeet tbat b* wa* in a dsitilute ttate, wa* provided witb a hearty meal before hi* removal from the palac*. Windsor Castl* is not tb* only royal resi- dence occasionally visited by rooh unfor- tunate persona. Oiborn* and Balmoral an ju*l as attractive to th* demented ouea, and II uewds all tbe alertness of th* officer* on duty ID order to prevent tb*ir suddeu and unwelcome intrumou upon tb* preiMuee of the sovereign. Some make pilgrimages to the palaee* with the desire f eutenug into matrimonial relation* witb exalted personage*. Other* have particular boous M crave or important project* to nubinit to the consideration of tbe Queen, but tbeir effort* to tain ad inn ion are truitleee, aod terminate in th* workbooks, or a return to the custody of their keeper* aod friend*. London Daily MBfe " Which i* tb* best, to owe, or to hav* something owing to yon ?" asked CoL Lager- beer of Gus Denmitb one day. " Why, to hav* something owing to yon. of coon*," an*w*r*d Go*, who 1* one of the brightest society youth*. I don't agree with yoo," *aid Lag*rD**r. " Well, why not T" ' because , it you have some thing owing to you, you may never get it. Bat, if you OW* noiiiethiug, when you are able to pay it, yon have value received, anyhow , and if you never pay why, then you an car* to make a handaom* profit." It i* reported that El Mahdi's brother- in law, after ooeapying Krwa and Duem, ban arrived at a point within thirty mil** of Khartoum. Tb* Govwnor of Khartoom telegraph* that he I* pnparwd to reoeiv* the *n*my. Much difficulty ban arisen from French opposition to th* English policy, Th* (labinet ortsi* oontino**, and diaoontont i* aniv*nal. Thar* i* a general Iory for Ismail Paaha, or English ann*xa- Won. H.inh... n rr f>ewe>el Thasi (Manobeetar xanlner.) One of the recult* of the Indian tb* various nturns of which an now being collated, is to show that Bombay, th* second city in th* Bntieh Umpire, i* more crowded than London lUelf. The dcnaily of population in London in the most densely peopled paras Is lei* than tbe density of twelve most ovowded leotian* of Bombay with a population of nearly 480,000 people). Tbeee Motion* have an avenge populatioa of 448.57 paraon* p*r acn. In Bombay th* average population i* about M par acre , in London. 49. Tb* nitre me iu London rises to W* per aor*. whereas in Bombay it ri*** to 759. Tb* population of the Motions in which tb* eruwding I* double tbat of tb* most crowded divisions of London, i* equal to more than 17 par cent, of ibe total popnla Moo, but tbe area of thee* neetlons is only a* par oent. of tb* land. lo other words, 37 per cent, of tb* population are crowded on 34 per cent, of tbs surface of th* land. I elC 1 1 is a singular fact. write* I). R. Locke (Naeby in Exile) from Naples to ths Toledo lllade, that w* an indebted to PompMi for tb* gnat industry of oanning fruit. Yean ago, when th* excavations were just begin- ning, a party of Cinoinnatians foona in what had boon the pantry of a bouse many jars -of preser veil figs. On* wa* opened and they were found to b* fresh and good. In VMtigation showed thai th* fig bad been pot into the jan in a heated state, an aper- ture left for the steam toeaoape, aod then sealed with wax. Th* hilt was taken, and tb* uext year canning fruit wa* introduced Into tb* United Sutea, th* process btiug identical witb that in vogae in Pompaii 10 centuries ago. .1 errold laid to ao ardent young gOBtlr- nian , who burned with a lasiie to we him; self in print : " Be ad viied by mi, young man ; don't take down tb* shuttem befon there is onMthlng in tb* window." Am starthejeake IB An Ottawa telegram aayt : A corres- pondent, writing under date of the ttlnd of last month, from Kippewa, a lumbering settlement 100 miles op the Ottawa river, states that a heavy shook of earthquake paesed through then on tb* day of writing at too minute* pact 10 o'eloek, travelling from north to aoatb, and lasting ten seconds. After tbe pawing a trembling noise could be board for over thirty aeoondi. Ooe could see tbe fence nil* shaking. (Scene A small parlor in Hootlandl. Mr*. Blair (an old neighbor wbo ba* been Tb* oom*t is in tb* northwest, and iu tbs evening is about half way batw^D tbe borixoo and th* zenith. Look lur it between the Northern Cross and tb* Great Hquare of Pegknua, aad nearer the latter. You will uot b* likely to find it without a rflaas, although it i* visible to th* naked ye. A good opera glass will show it amailv. absent from tb* villag* for a. Lumber of yearn i Whit y* thinkin <>' makfn' Johnny, Mrs. Broon ?" Mr*. Brown " Weel, hi* father her* sayi b*'d rusk' a graon unuister." Mr*. Blair (who is not passionately fond ot the " cloth ") ' IToo's tbat. Mr. Broon 7" Mr. Brown " Weel, amang ither things, h*'s gotten plenty o' elf oouoeil, Ml' M uncommonly fond o' BiUC." A vonng girl named Frances Campbell. tbe daughter of th* station master of the Interoilouial Railway st Campbellton, N. B., dropped oc the floor of a boue* of ill- repute in Montreal laat Wednesday night, aad expired in a few minute*, from bsm- orbagr of the lung*. Csaract-r resembled olotb. Much of i* a yard wide, but not all wool. Significant advertisement "Wanted, a female who ha* a knowledge of fitting boot* of a good moral character." Th* report* tbat yueeu Victoria weuld be unable to boM drawing-room* during tue 0.1111, UK -irn n are untrue Tbe (Jueeu's health icgood and bar preorno* at Ui* State " drawing room* " i* ocrtsan. Tbe MuMoori River, which form* a new bed for iteelf somewhere with every frenbet. IB threaten ing to make Leavenworth an in enlar city. Mr. H J. Jackson, owner of a,400 a*r* of land, moet ot it in tb* municipality of Kookwood. Man., intend* to cut up th* traetinto farm* of 150 acres each, enat good building* on each, and nnt them. A minister wss one* preaching a* a can- didate, and took for hia text, " And silting down they watched him then." An old daaoon said, ss be was going out, " Ye* , b* i* not th* Ant on* we bav* eat aod watched, and b* will not b* tbe last either. ' Tb* life i< portrait of Mia* Jenni* Chamberlain, tb* American beauty, which wa* ordered by th* Prince of Wales, ha* been placed in Marlborougb Hous*. Th* Chamberlain family an about to viail tb* Doobe** of Edinburgh at Ea*tw*ll Park. Tb* Fr*oob Ambassador at Berlin lately paid Prino* BUmarek a viait at bis country real and returned professing to be perfectly sal i-lied aa to th* relation* between France and Germany The to oocur while th* Prise* Imperil many wa* junketing in Spain. A Calcutta deepatcb say* tb* expedition 'i Atoh% tribe entered tbe Atobila tbe 17th Init., and wa* rapidly to tb* rescue of tbe offloen of tb* Ea*t Indian army and other person* captured duru K tb* raid of tbe trio* into One of th* captives has died visit was aptly limed rial of Ur